Travel to Europe or Latin America each summer for FREE. Stay at three and four-star hotels in Paris and London gratis. Enjoy the quiet in exclusive airport lounges at no charge. Stay at a monastery in France or Italy at a bargain rate….the tools to learn these techniques are located in your library.
Smart travelers use money saving strategies to travel the world for free and sleep cheap. The seminar will teach how to get FREE airline tickets and low cost hotel accommodations. Take advantage of lodging options such as campus stays, YMCAs, and apartment rentals.
Rick Feingold, published travel writer for Boston Herald and Christian Science Monitor.

Do you know of others who enjoy searching EBAY for bargains on popular or hard-to-find items? Learn from an EBAY PowerSeller how to buy successfully. Topics include: How to register as a new EBAY user, How to search for the item you want, Pricing and Bidding strategies, How to check the seller’s reputation using EBAY feedback, Paying for your item safely, Tracking your bids and purchases in My EBAY, and much more.
Rick Feingold is an Education Specialist trained by EBAY. He operates an online EBAY store and is an EBAY PowerSeller.
MBA, Penn State University. BA, Rutgers University.

Recent changes by the Obama administration now make it legal to travel to Cuba under “People to People” tours. We will discuss the recent diplomatic changes between Cuba and the United States (the Cuban Thaw), arranging a visit to Cuba, pre-revolutionary Cuban history, the Ernest Hemingway tourist sites, Cuban baseball, classic Cuban music, world renowned Cuban cigars, and places to stay and eat. to stay and eat and the unique Cuban economic system.
Rick Feingold, published travel writer for Boston Herald and Christian Science Monitor. He has traveled to Cuba seven times since 2001 and lectured at the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Cuban-American baseball.
MBA, Penn State University. BA, Rutgers University.

Andrew Carnegie amassed an enormous fortune in the steel industry and then became a major philanthropist. During the late 19th century, when steel would be used first as railroad track, Carnegie perfected low-cost steel production. The Carnegie Steelworks, in Homestead, PA, employed men producing steel under primitive industrial working conditions. This program will feature the 1892 strike at Homestead which pitted the Pinkerton Detective Agency against the steelworkers ending with 10 deaths. After Carnegie sold his steel company to J.P. Morgan he gave all his money away by building over 2,500 libraries. Many still exist today.
Presenter: Rick Feingold teaches “American Business History” at Bergen Community College and holds a degree in History from Rutgers University.

Lehman Brothers, the 4th largest investment bank in the world was considered too big to fail. Wall Street expected the federal government to bail out Lehman like it did Bear Stearns a few months earlier. Then Lehman went bankrupt causing a ripple effect in the worldwide economy. Banks stopped lending. Mortgages went into default. People lost their homes. We will examine the “too big to fail” theory and the 700 billion federal bailout package. The program features the critically acclaimed PBS Frontline documentary Money, Power and Wall Street.

Asked how he became so rich, Rockefeller replied, “God gave me my money.” Rockefeller was in the oil refining business early after the Pennsylvania oil rush began in 1859. He built state-of-the-art refineries and bought out his rivals. Rockefeller negotiated secret rebates with the railroads and formed what would become the Standard Oil Trust. Eventually the Supreme Court declared Standard Oil a monopoly and ordered it be broken up. But the individual oil companies were worth more separately and Rockefeller would go on to enter a second life of philanthropy which lives on to today.
Presenter: Rick Feingold teaches “The Building of America” at Bergen Community College and holds a degree in History from Rutgers University.

Born into poverty in Germany, John Jacob Astor came to the United States and built the American Fur Company by trading manufactured goods from Asia and Europe with Native Americans. Once fur hats went out of style he invested in Manhattan real estate and earned a fortune as European immigrants came to New York City seeking a better life. Join us as we discuss the North American fur trade and the growth of New York real estate in the early 1800s.
Presenter: Rick Feingold teaches “The Building of America” at Bergen Community College and holds a degree in History from Rutgers University.

Millions of people earn a part-time or full-time income on EBAY and you could, too. Learn from an EBAY PowerSeller how to sell successfully--from start to finish. Topics include: How EBAY works, safe trading, registering on EBAY, selecting items to sell, learning the value of your items, pricing your merchandise, writing a description, photos, using a PayPal account to process payments, shipping your goods, EBAY and PayPal fees, collecting payment, delivery confirmation, handling feedback, and more.
Rick Feingold operates an online EBAY store, is an eBay PowerSeller, and is licensed by EBAY to present this topic.
BA, Rutgers University. MBA, Penn State University.
Materials packet available

Stop being hassled when you shop for a car. Learn about hidden incentives such as factory-to-dealer rebates and holdbacks that enable you to buy your next car at dealer invoice or less. Savvy consumers use the internet to force dealers to bid for their business when buying a car—you can, too. We will discuss sources of FREE information on dealer invoice costs, how to make an offer, selling/trading in your present car, and controlling the negotiations.
Rick Feingold is a consumer advocate with over 30 years experience presenting this seminar.
MBA, Penn State University. BA, Rutgers University.

Cornelius Vanderbilt began operating his own ferry in New York Harbor at the age of 16. He would work from dawn until dark ferrying passengers between Staten Island and the tip of Manhattan. The tiny business would grow into a massive steamship company. Vanderbilt would undercut his competitors by pricing his services so low that he would drive them out of business. Eventually he built a railroad empire from New York to Chicago and the First Grand Central Station at 42nd Street.
Presenter: Rick Feingold teaches “The Building of America” at Bergen Community College and holds a degree in History from Rutgers University.

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